Man gets stomach stuck in wall trying to break out of prison

A Brazilian prisoner on a jailbreak mission was foiled by his own stomach when it got stuck in the getaway hole.

28-year-old Rafael Valadao and another prisoner in the jail in Ceres, central Brazil, had smashed a hole in their cell wall with a shower rod. Valadao's cellmate escaped through it on his quest for freedom, but Valadao himself become wedged.

Brazilian newspaper Jornal Populacional reports that amused prison guards were called to the scene to find the prisoner stuck half-in, half-out of the getaway hole with his bulging belly on display.

Fire officers had to be called to widen the hole to let him out. Valadao, who had reportedly broken a rib in the struggle to break free, was returned to his cell.

Meanwhile, the other inmate remains at large after he managed to leap over another wall.

Amnesty International says that prison breaks are common in Brazil due to "cruel and degrading" treatment in jails, adding: "The authorities had effectively lost control of many facilities, leading to a series of riots and homicides."